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In trading on Friday, general contractors & builders shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 5.3%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Pultegroup (PHM), down about 7% and shares of Lennar (LEN) off about 6.5% on the day.

Also lagging the market Friday are construction materials & machinery shares, down on the day by about 3.7% as a group, led down by Patrick Industries (PATK), trading lower by about 5.7% and U S G (USG), trading lower by about 5.6%.